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Occupational and Aviation Medicine Unit, University of Otago

The world's leading provider of distance education in Occupational and Aviation Medicine. Contact us at [email protected] for more details.

We offer a range of courses for doctors, nurses and paramedics specialising in Occupational Medicine, Aeromedical Retrieval and Transport and Aviation Medicine. Qualifications include certificates, post-graduate diplomas, Masters by course work and research and PhD.

07/09/2026

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-india-phuket-flight-pilot-tested-positive-for-psychoactive-substance-probe-report-12000778

Earlier, the pilot tested positive for psychoactive substances during the post-flight screening in Delhi. Another test was conducted sometime later, which also turned out to be positive.

06/09/2026

https://www.aeroinside.com/22167/indigo-a21n-near-muscat-on-sep-3rd-2026-pilot-incapacitation

Discover all inside details about what happened during airplane incident Indigo A21N near Muscat on Sep 3rd 2026, pilot incapacitation

03/09/2026

https://www.icelandreview.com/news/icelandair-pilot-fatigue-survey-2026/

A union survey raises a serious fatigue question at Icelandair: 56% of responding pilots reported unintentional sleep while working.

30/08/2026

https://www.thedailybeast.com/delta-pilot-pleads-for-help-before-making-emergency-landing/

Delta Air Lines Flight 437 was carrying 147 passengers from Los Angeles to Boston.

26/08/2026

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/26/frankfurt-airport-employee-dies-after-contracting-malaria-operator-fraport-says

The cause of the infections is believed to be a mosquito that travelled by plane from a malaria-endemic area to Germany, likely in July.

23/08/2026

https://dangerousminds.net/weird-news/both-pilots-a320-plane-fall-asleep-at-36000-feet/

A look at how both pilots of a plane with 153 passengers on it can fall asleep for nearly half an hour and what the aftermath was after they landed.

16/08/2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/15/travel/premium-airplane-seats-problems-regulations

Airlines are building business-class suites so complex and heavily customized that safety regulators can’t approve them in time — potentially leaving brand-new luxury cabins flying completely empty.

16/08/2026

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/air-india-phuket-delhi-flight-pilot-with-marijuana-in-his-bloodstream-was-also-on-sleep-medication-11899451

An Air India aircraft carrying 137 passengers and eight crew members from Phuket to Delhi had suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude on August 4, injuring at least 24 people.

13/08/2026

https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/applying-hfacs-in-aviation-safety-investigations

How HFACS traces aviation incidents like Colgan Air 3407 back to organizational root causes, and how BowTieXP/IncidentXP connect the analysis.

12/08/2026

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/10/us/american-airlines-plane-hits-birds

An American Airline Boeing 737 hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing.

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https://www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/departments/medicine/postgraduate-study-in-the-department-of-medicine/occupationalavi

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